Since 1997, Golfweek, our content partner, has annually published Top 100 lists, ranking various types of courses. Golfweek course raters rank courses based on 10 important criteria, including Routing, Quality of Shaping, Overall Land Plan, Greens and Surrounds, Variety and Memorability of Par 3s, 4s and 5s, Tree and Landscape Management, Conditioning and what Golfweek calls a 'Walk in the Park' test.